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Newsmen in other areas of the state, however, discount the predictions of victory issued by their Northern colleagues. They claim that Democratic strength in Hudson and Mercer will be offset by the Republican vote in Bergen and Essex, a county that includes heavily-Negro Newark, and wealthy suburbia...
...campaign draws to a close, the New Jersey situation is very similar to that in most parts of the country. The general impression is that if Kennedy can roll up large majorities in Hudson and Mercer, cut down on Republican strength in Bergen and Essex, and hold his own in the less populous southern areas, he will win. If, however, most of the voters who went for Eisenhower the last two times decide not to switch, it will be Nixon. In any case, the vote will be close, with the margin of victory under 60,000 according to most estimates
Saratoga (adapted from Edna Ferber's novel Saratoga Trunk; music and lyrics by Harold Arlen and Johnny Mercer) is a gorgeously decked-out period musical, moving from a plush New Orleans in the '80s to a palmy Saratoga Springs, N.Y. The handsome sets and costumes by Cecil Beaton are much the brightest part of the show. Despite some lively Ralph Beaumont dances, some pleasant Harold Arlen music and some neat touches in Morton Da Costa's direction, Saratoga has all the animation of a tableau and all the narrative interest of something written 50 times...
...these questions, Cartoonist Capp's millions of unflagging fans will find satisfactory answers. In the Broadway musical, the Capp characters were type-cast with amazing accuracy, and most of the Broadway players are there in the Hollywood production. The show's score (words by Johnny Mercer, music by Gene de Paul) is the big letdown: a chance to make good mountain music is passed up in favor of bad Broadway tunes. But the story gallops along, and the dancing scenes preserve the essential whomp. They'll love it in Lower Slobbovia...
...Freshman touch football, Chuck Mercer and Gavin Gilmore paced Grays Hall American League champs to first place over the National and Continental League pennant winners...